Niniek L. Karim

Initially intending to be a teacher or journalist, after graduating from senior high school she instead enrolled at the psychiatry faculty of the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.

In 1970, after a performance at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Teguh Karya asked her to join his theatre company, Teater Populer.

[3] Owing to her previous experience in Karya's Teater Populer, she found that she did not need any special coaching for the film: she knew what the director expected.

[2] She has also remained active on the stage, starring in such productions as Dara (Musa Widyatmodjo; 2008)[8] and Kereta Kencana (Putu Wijaya; 2009).

She resigned three days before the ceremony, saying "I have failed to make the FFI a warm house for the nation's artists and filmmakers".